Tao Te Ching
This English version of Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching is by Curt Dornberg. The eighty-one poems are printed in four volumes, boxed, printed on Hahnemuhle Bugra, handsewn and bound, with illustrations, pastepaper decorations, and handwoven box cover, all by Curt Dornberg. Edition of 25.
The fuller the cup
the harder to drink from it
The sharper the edge
the harder to keep it
The more luxurious your place
the less you sleep sound
The more you lord it over others
the less you escape your own ruin
Rather, do your work well, then retire.
Such is Heaven’s Way. #9